A time last year around end of July early August. I was
changing locality and was hopeful about a change that would be great to me and
family, the hope I had no one or anything would destabilize it or sway it away.
Time has come and gone and I have seen many things and learnt many things. To
me this has been a lifeline that has exposed me to a different side of life.
Kampala as they call it the capital city of Uganda, the city
of the seven hills which is in the tropics hence the heat that cannot be
explained. Never in my life I ever thought I will ever be in Uganda at any one
time, things happened and here I am in a land I have not love for, yeah you
read right I have no love for. It has kept me away from family and that alone
is not something fun to do. Been from place to place and home is a better place
to be. I have a few disappointments that I will share about, the fact that all
the stories I was told about hot women are lies and the other fact is life is
cheap in Kampala. I have been here 6 months and I have not met any hot woman to
level Kenya is and its women, they have a great body which almost every woman
is proud of but it just ends there. The rate of immorality is way high and
possesses a risk to the foreigners in the country for they are the target. The
life and the basics are way too high for an average Kenyan who comes here to
stay....there is the talk of the country is land locked but that is no reason
for basics to be expensive beyond means. The health care is questionable and it
reminds me of a time I was unwell and could not find proper medication to get
well. Too much I have said about the wrong about this place, besides the power
problem (how could this pass me) I have been in darkness for the best part of
my stay in UG (yet they provide Kenya with power) there were those days I even
forgot how to switch on lights coz I would come home find no lights and get to
work with the same conditions. I was not sure if my bulbs are working. It’s
just strange how a city can be dark like half the time. My DVD player has never
enjoyed a session of playing movies the way you would be in doors on a weekend
and watch movie after movie. NKT! Someone says I get used to it I just can’t do
that. It’s just not one of those things to get used to.
There is some good here, the night life....one amazing place
to be for a weekend. The night clubs are an investment and for sure I give
props for that. The music is plenty and fun to listen to but not for long, the
luganda language will bore you with time. The entertainment world here is outa
the ordinary and that is one thing the country Kenya can pick and maybe
perfect. What else is here to marvel about?....(am thinking) well the foods,
and I mean the local foods is attractive, the way these guys are into their
culture and placed it everywhere is amazing as far as the food is concern. Even
though' not all the food types are good to me. The concern of food in this country
is just amazing as long as its traditional, the fast food joints are down, Kenya
we adore fast food and we have worked hard to ensure its great and always
there.
It’s been a time filled with a lot of things, seen the
better side of the lake, and I have had fun being here but this is just it. I can’t
take this anymore. It’s like bad dope, you can’t take it a lot, and it’s time
to kiss this place bye. I have appreciated all the good I have seen and learnt
but that's just it, it was fun while it lasted but I got a home which is not
falling apart, a home more appealing and I can id with better. I have nothing
against UG, I am thankful for the hospitality even though' it needs work. It
gave me the feel of being away from home and appreciating home better. This is
a life line I will always remember, never to work here but come for holiday but
not during Christmas. I have learnt a few luganda words but they will never
help.
I love my country and there is nothing wrong with that. I am
happy I can travel to any place in my country and be able to communicate and be
understood. I don’t need a translator. Swahili ni lugha ya kuunganisha watu. It
was a great time but home is best. Narudi nyumbani, I am coming home.
